CVE-2025-1244

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-02-12. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation3% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
85%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 12, 2025

Last Modified

September 6, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated May 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2195
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2157
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2130
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2022
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP So

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-1244(13)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuemacs-nox (1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2+esm1) @ jammy2026-09-06ubuntu
redhatopenshift-builds/openshift-builds-git-cloner-rhel9:1.3.1-17417840432025-03-13redhat
redhatemacs-1:27.2-10.el9_4.12025-03-04redhat
redhatemacs-1:26.1-10.el8_8.72025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:24.3-23.el7_9.22025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:26.1-5.el8_2.32025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:26.1-5.el8_4.32025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:27.2-8.el9_2.22025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.62025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:27.2-6.el9_0.22025-03-03redhat
redhatemacs-1:27.2-11.el9_5.12025-02-27redhat
redhatemacs-1:26.1-13.el8_102025-02-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
emacs1:27.1+1-3.1 ... 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u5 (6 versions)1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
emacs1:28.2+1-15, 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u1, 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u2, 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u31:28.2+1-15+deb12u4—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
emacs—1:30.1+1-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
emacs—1:30.1+1-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 50× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 216 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-09-06 02:32 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-06 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-09-06 01:56 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-06 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-04 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-09-04 14:26 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-04 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-04 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-08-23 18:20 UTCVendor advisory
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  19. 2026-08-23 00:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-22 23:36 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-22 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-08-17 11:43 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-17 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  33. 2026-08-17 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-08-16 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-16 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-16 14:55 UTCEPSS rescore
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  41. 2026-08-15 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-15 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  44. 2026-08-15 21:43 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-15 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-15 01:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  58. 2026-08-02 17:22 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-02 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  61. 2026-08-02 16:48 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-02 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-1244?
CVE-2025-1244 is a high vulnerability published on February 12, 2025. A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
When was CVE-2025-1244 disclosed?
CVE-2025-1244 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 12, 2025, with the most recent update on September 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-1244 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-1244 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 15.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-1244?
CVE-2025-1244 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-1244?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-1244, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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